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Show Monday, Mar. 27t 2006Til KSM unplugged KSM Music offers Cache Valley residents a variety of instruments and music accessories BY LISA CHRISTIANSEN Senior Writer ! Ten years after creating custom guitars on his own f for friends, Kevin Moore, owner of KSM Music, is providing Cache Valley musicians a store built just for them. KSM's custom, hand! crafted guitar design is as unique as the store itself. Moore said he used to create the guitars to the . customers' specifications, but decided to work on one custom model and perfect it to make the best guitar possible. Calling it the "358 ( model," this instrument is different because it's a "neck through" guitar. "The neck goes through ' the body and is bolted onto the bridge. This creates a more comfortable design and makes the instrument a whole rather than a bunch of various parts," Moore said. Another important aspect of these custom guitars and KSM is the "revolutionary bridge design," which is currently undergoing the patenting pro. cess. "The new bridge has no air under the strings, unlike regular guitars," Moore said. "It brings out the body of the guitar ' and makes the notes sound longer and more sustained." This design is currently only available at KSM, ]• although Moore said he is looking at marketing it nationwide. Originally using his ini. tials in the store name as [ KSM Guitars, Moore said r he changed the name when his store began offering more instruments and ser.' vices than just selling and , repairing guitars. Today, the store not only sells guitars, but drums, keyboards, banjos, mandolins and other instruments. Recently, KSM has started renting out band and orchestra instruments, as well as teaching lessons for guitar, drums, banjo, harmonica and other instruments. They can also repair "almost any string instrument," Amanda Moore, Kevin's daughter and an employee, said. The store offers clinics as well as summer teaching programs. Also, the store recently got in a new line of products for home recording and has set up a demo station where people can try the new equipment out, Kevin said. Because of their large inventory. KSM attracts a wide range of people. Although many college students shop there, they don't make up the majority of customers, Amanda said. "It's pretty well spread out, but I'd say the biggest majority is moms shopping for their kids who are taking lessons," she said. She also said that there's > DA VINCI From page 5 plete misrepresentation of the evidence." Tate said. Tate then went on to explain Opus Dei, including the facts of who and what Opus Dei is as related to the references made in "The Da Vinci Code." "The conclusion that we can't know about the Priori of Sion is taken one step further with Brown's statements [stated as based upon fact again] about Opus Dei," he said. Tate said Opus Dei is a Catholic organization just like any other. They do not hold any significant financial resources and although there is evidence of coercion and influence held by the group, it is no more and perhaps comparatively less than organizations of similar size. In the novel, Brown references Opus Dei as a religious group that practices violence, brain-washing coercion, mortification and the villain in the book is depicted lying, drugging DAN BROWN and murdering, as directed by leaders of Opus Dei. foundry negative experience. This behavior has sparked a recent controversy Their portrayal in the novel is based on numerous books regarding this group. written about Opus Dei as Tate said without the well as on my own personal influence of Brown's book, interviews with current and the real controversy about former members." the legitimacy of these acts Tate said the organiis minimal, and individuals zation is its "own worse should "take their evidence enemy," because the orgafrom sources and not headnization is private and lines." conducts its methods in Tate said Opus Dei does secret, which gives rights to have missions, but are not rumors, implications and ordered or required, the accusations. Tate said the organization does not have a hidden agenda of violence leaders of Opus Dei would and the Vatican is not overly "admit to the same thing." Tate said the amount of influenced by this organizanationalization that Brown tion, as Brown depicts. created with Opus Dei and On his Web site, Dan Brown states, "I worked very the Priori of Sion are not even issues when compared hard to create a fair and with the amount of inaccubalanced depiction of Opus racies and truth that Brown Dei. suggests about Jesus" pos"Even so, there may be sible relationship with Mary those who are offended by Magdalene. the portrayal. While Opus "The main cryptic mesDei is a very positive force sage of the book is of in the lives of many people, the marriage [between for others, affiliation with Jesus and Mary]," Tate Opus Dei has been a pro- •d0-- < : V;V.?-'> $ James Scbultz/shultz@ccusuMJ :#i KSM GUITARS CREATES, what they call, the perfect, custom guitar. Model 385 is a neck through guitar creating a more comfortable design bringing the instrument together as a whole. quite a large customer base from around the valley and Idaho. "We see all musicians of all ages. Mostly guitarists, but we have some band and orchestra musicians, too," she said. The staff, though knowledgeable, will look something up if they don't have the answer to a question, Amanda said. For specific questions, "I didn't have to worry about a thing! •-;A«wi^ the KSM Web site lists which employees might be able to best answer those questions. "We don't like to compare ourselves with anyone else," she said. "We like to keeps a good relationship with all the local businesses, but we have a larger selection, more services and competitive prices." -liraarc@cc.usu.edu k., : Jessica Alexander/jalexonder^cc.usu.edu MARK TATE, PROFESSOR OF Christian history at the Salt Lake Theological Seminary, discussed the thoelogical inaccuracies of "The Da Vinci Code" and why the book stirred so much controversy mong religous scholars. Photo courtesy Dan Brown W?b vie said. "It is my that if there are any S'>urves. they have come from a later date and superimposeJ backward. "This is not a historic;^ approach." Tate said there are abso lutely no known .sources that endorse a marriage between Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ. "At worst, this marri;^c never occurred," Tale said. He discussed the upcoming movie, "The Da Vinci Code," and compared its story line to other historical movies, such as "Troy" or "Braveheart". Tate said it is important to remember that the characters in the movies may be based on real people, but the stories are fiction. "The things most memo rable are created," Talc said. Tate said most religious organizations are not what their founders created, and Christianity is no different. What is important h> remember is ideology. "'The Da Vinci Code challenges the positive attributes of Christianity .. Some see the plot as accurate regardless of evidence presented or lack thereof. Others will simply assume Brown is in error because they cannot imagine otherwise, again regardless of evidence presented or lack thereof," Tate said. Tate said his conclusions are simple. "If we have no proof Jesus married Mary, then there is no secret for the priori to protect," Tate said. "If we have no secret for the priori to protect, there is no Opus Dei member out to destroy the now non-existent priori, out to destroy the now nonexistent secret." He said the novel is nothing more than a thriller that took the names, places and dates of history and used them at will. 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